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[Fire & Ice]

I wanted to share a slightly different perspective, since I know a lot of people have been having lacklustre days. We visited on Friday 26th and had a really successful first experience.

We didn’t have early entry but arrived at 8:30. Once inside, we headed straight to Ministry, which luckily opened at 9 (though it did have about 30 minutes of downtime).

Here’s what we managed to do:
(All standard queue, no express or single rider)
• Ministry ×2
• Donkey Kong ×3
• Mario ×1
• Yoshi ×1
• Monsters ×2
• Werewolf ×1
• Hiccup’s ×2
• Wing Gliders ×1
• Fire Drill ×1
• Carousel ×1
• Untrainable Dragon ×1

We definitely encountered downtime, but usually no longer than 30 minutes. By staying focused and making good use of our time (with plenty of stops at the freestyle machines and lunch at Spitfire), we gave it our all and ended up with a great run.

Going in, we honestly thought the day would be rough and that we wouldn’t want to return this trip, but it was so good that we’ve already booked to come back next week.

We went in three times in the first two weeks of September and honestly had three different experiences. One day seemed very busy and if it had been the only day we visited I might have had a completely different view. As it was, the Sunday we visited was really quite and we got a ton of rides done (with no express) which turned around my view so I’ll be looking forward to coming back in a year or two.

Just hope by then there is a better/more consistent view on low crowd days, other than “usually on a Sunday but not always“

 

[TheCodeMan95]

I'm curious to see how/if crowds change after HHN season ends. We're going down to Universal for a long weekend in December, and we're debating if we want to spend one of our 3 days at Epic.

(Should certainly be cooler in Celestial Park, lol)